1st century AD Greek Neopythagorean philosopher
A wandering sage who performed miracles across three continents, stood trial for conspiracy through magic, and whose followers claimed he ascended to heaven after execution — all while the Roman Empire watched.
Apollonius came from Tyana in Cappadocia around AD 15 and built his life around Neopythagoreanism, spending decades travelling through the Middle East, North Africa, and India with his companion Damis. His mystical practices and what contemporaries saw as an exemplary way of life drew attention wherever he went, and reports of miracles followed him. The imperial authorities eventually tried him for using magic to conspire against the emperor, convicted him, and sentenced him to death. His followers believed he ascended to heaven afterward, and the legends accumulated in the extensive Life of A…
Sourced, dated quotes from Apollonius of Tyana
All wish to live in the nearness of God, but only the Hindus bring it to pass.
Approve and pursue the kind that is in accordance with nature.
I saw the Indian Brahmans living on the earth and not on it, walled without walls, and with no possessions except the whole world.
[Some] disobey the earth and sharpen knives against the animals to gain clothing and food.
Plato said that virtue has no master [Republic 617e].
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